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DisclaimerInformation presented in this Docklands Public Realm Plan is generally based on site analysis undertaken in 2011 and 2012 and knowledge of current development plans and masterplans. As such information is subject to change. This analysis is provided as a broad resource only and while care has been taken to ensure the content of the report is accurate, we cannot guarantee that it is without flaw. There may be errors or omissions or may not be wholly appropriate for your particular purposes.
The City of Melbourne accepts no responsibility and disclaims all liability for any error, loss or other consequence which may arise from you relying on any information contained in this Plan.
Note: Images in this Plan are provided for illustrative purposes only and are subject to change. Base maps require periodic review and revision to accord with current conditions in the built environment and revised proposed development plans and masterplans.
The State Government, under the Minister for Planning, is the responsible planning authority for developments in Docklands over 25,000m2. Places Victoria, on behalf of the State Government, manages the delivery of development in Docklands.
Places Victoria Places Victoria (successor to VicUrban) is the Victorian Government’s land development agency, helping to meet the challenges of population growth and increased housing demand. Places Victoria facilitates large-scale urban renewal – for residential and mixed-use purposes – within established areas of Melbourne and strategic locations in regional Victoria. Its activities promote housing affordability and diversity and best practice in urban and community design. Places Victoria uses commercial skills to deliver housing choice to the market, increasingly in established areas, providing partnership opportunities for the private sector and encouraging the delivery of high quality, affordable and sustainable dwellings. The name, Places Victoria, reflects the organisation’s emphasis on creating communities right throughout Victoria with a particular emphasis on urban renewal.
City of MelbourneIn 2007, Docklands was officially integrated into the municipality of the City of Melbourne, becoming its youngest neighbourhood. The City of Melbourne’s responsibility is to plan for the continuing growth in Docklands, while delivering quality community services and programs to ensure the area’s prosperity and sustainability.
In July 2010, the City of Melbourne became the responsible planning authority for developed areas in Docklands. The City of Melbourne will continue to acknowledge the important role that Docklands plays in the strategic development of the whole city through the Municipal Strategic Statement. The City of Melbourne focuses on generating long-term quality outcomes, promoting multi-centred, mixed-use compact city living. The City of Melbourne also focuses on providing well-designed public spaces and buildings that will thrive economically and improve the quality of life for residents and workers, while welcoming visitors.
The City of Melbourne supports diverse housing alternatives that meet the needs of Melbourne’s existing and future population, using commercially viable models of development. On 29 June 2012, the Minister for Planning announced that the City of Melbourne would become the responsible planning authority for developments in Docklands of areas less than 25,000m2.
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Contents01. ExECUtIvE SUMMARy
Purpose ......................................................................................006
02. INtRODUCtION
Scope .......................................................................................... 010
Vision .......................................................................................... 016
Strategic directions ..............................................................017
Design principles ................................................................... 018
Understanding Docklands ................................................020
03. PUBLIC SPACES
Introduction .............................................................................023
Public space overview .......................................................024
Design Principles and Guidelines ...................................030
Design Checklist ....................................................................052
Key public spaces .................................................................054
04. PUBLIC StREEtS AND ROUtES
Introduction ............................................................................. 077
Street and route overview ................................................. 078
Design Principles and Guidelines ...................................082
Design Checklist .................................................................... 100
05. KEy PROjECtS AND IMPLEMENtAtION
Key projects – Public open spaces .................................108
Key projects – Public streets and connections .........109
06. APPENDIx
Appendix 1 – Relevant documents and policies ........1 1 2
Appendix 2 – Background facts .......................................1 14
Appendix 3 – Glossary ..........................................................147
Appendix 4 – Governance.................................................. 148
Appendix 5 – Methodology ............................................... 149
SePteMBeR 2012
CReDITSFull page images: Nicholas Hansen, Mutiny Media.
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01 exeCUTIVe SUMMARy
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Victoria Harbour Promenade.
Wonderful public spaces, waterfronts and streets are at the core of the world’s most liveable cities including Helsinki, Vancouver and Melbourne. We all share the same understanding that the design of beautiful and functional public spaces impacts positively on our quality of life. A well-designed public realm provides significant benefits to citizens, tourists and investors, including civic pride, an increase in retail spend and safe places.
Since the redevelopment of Docklands began 16 years ago, a network of public spaces including lanes, streets and waterfront promenades has been established for the 7,000 residents and 25,000 workers that use this area today. Future streets and spaces are planned to support the continued expansion of Docklands.
With Docklands entering into its next decade of evolution, Places Victoria and City of Melbourne have spent time engaging with thousands of Melburnians to articulate and refine a community vision for this important and unique place in Melbourne. A vital and high quality public realm is a priority for the local community.
This vision, as identified in the Docklands Community and Place Plan sets out three important themes:
1Capturing the essence of Melbourne in the Docklands experience.
2 Creating a 21st century city.
3 embracing Melbourne’s urban waterfront.
In order for the community to realise this vision, a series of recommended strategies, principles and guidelines are required to assist the design of public streets, routes and spaces over the next decade.
Purpose
The overarching purpose of this Docklands Public Realm Plan is to provide long-term strategies, principles and guidelines for the design and programming of the public realm to support the Docklands Community and Place Plan 1 .
This Plan clarifies important requirements for public space, waterfront and street design to all professionals engaged in the facilitation, design, approvals and implementation of the public realm. Professionals include both private and public sector representatives. The Plan applies a consistent approach to all streetscapes of Docklands.
These strategies, principles and guidelines are supported by the detailed companion document, Docklands Design and Construction Standards for Public Infrastructure Works (City of Melbourne, 2012). The Standards set out the mandatory technical requirements for civil, landscape and infrastructure works that will be owned by or vested in the City of Melbourne.
exeCutiVe suMMary
Purpose of this Plan
Provide a strategic companion document to the Docklands Design and Construction Standards for Public Infrastructure Works (City of Melbourne, 2012).
Outline the value of the public realm.
Provide an overview of challenges and opportunities in the Docklands context.
Provide clarity to developers, designers and government regarding long-term strategies, principles and guidelines for the design and programming of public streets and spaces.
Demonstrate how design principles may be applied to streets and spaces.
Provide briefing notes for the design of key public spaces.
Provide a checklist of design principles.
Identify future projects for public spaces and streets.
Key spatial strategies
This document outlines key spatial strategies for Docklands, including:
• Threememorablewaterfronts: harbour, river, creek.
• Anetworkofdiversepublicspaces for many people.
• SeamlessconnectionwithMelbourne:promenades, streets, lanes.
Key guiding principles
The key design principles recommended for public spaces and streets in Docklands are listed below.
Diversity of useA choice of journeys, experiences and activities.
Identity of placeAn authentic part of Melbourne.
Sustainability Minimise uptake of natural resources.
InterfacesPositive addresses to streets, waterfronts and public spaces.
AmenityHigh standard of comfort and convenience.
CommunityGenuine community participation in the design and use of the public realm.
Connectivityexcellent links within Docklands and to surrounding areas.
This Docklands Public Realm Plan demonstrates how these spatial strategies and principles can be applied to public streets, routes and spaces. It outlines important considerations and minimum programming requirements for key public spaces, while also identifying projects for future implementation.
This Plan is a public document. It will be of most help to those who are responsible for facilitating, designing, assessing or implementing future interventions in the public realm.
The Public Realm Plan is supported by the Department for Planning and Community Development, Places Victoria and the City of Melbourne. It is envisaged that the Plan will inform future amendments to the Melbourne Strategic Planning Scheme.
1 Docklands Community and Place Plan (July 2012) summarises engagement with thousands of Melburnians and sets out a community vision.
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area
This Plan applies to the area shown in the Location Plan. The boundary represents the legal suburb boundary known as Docklands within the City of Melbourne municipality. The Plan considers important relationships with neighbouring areas.
Definition of the public realm
Public realm includes all publicly accessible areas including public spaces, streets and routes.
Public spaces include waterways, parks, squares, forecourts, promenades and creek corridors.
Public streets and routes include streets, lanes, arcades, bridges and overpasses.
This Plan focuses on three key elements that define the quality of public realm:
• Usersanduses The people and activities that take place in public realm.
• Interfaces Physical elements that address, enclose and/or define the spaces, streets or routes; typically built form and/or trees.
• Design Spatial arrangements and physical elements.
Fig 2.01 Main elements that define the public realm. Fig 2.02 Location Plan.
Buildings
Street trees
Materials / Vegetation
Users / Events
Street Furniture, lighting
and public art / Landmarks
Public spaces
Streets
Building infrastructure
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application
The recommended principles and guidelines outlined in this Plan apply to all publicly accessible areas in Docklands, regardless of ownership status. The companion document, Docklands Design and Construction Standards will be mandatory for all areas currently under the City of Melbourne’s control or to be transferred to the City when completed.
time period
This Plan applies to the period 2012–2022.
Currency of information
Docklands is a dynamic and continually evolving urban development. This provides a challenge to the currency of visual material included in this Plan. The plans and maps shown in this document aim to communicate an appreciation of the public realm as a continuous and integrated environment. All plans that show future scenarios are subject to change.
Docklands Design and Construction standards
The Docklands Public Realm Plan is a strategic companion document to the revised Docklands Design and Construction Standards for Public Infrastructure Works.
The ‘Standards’ set out the mandatory technical standards for civil, landscape and infrastructure works that will be owned or vested in the City of Melbourne. The content of the document includes detailed information that apply to standard spaces, routes and street types, including:
• designandapprovalsprocess
• functionalandspatialdesigncriteria
• approvedstandardmaterialsandelements.
The Standards are a practical tool for achieving the strategies, principles and guidelines outlined in this Plan.
Key public streets, spaces and waterways
Fig 2.03 Mutually reinforcing companion documents. Fig 2.04 Key public streets, spaces, and waterways.
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Design and approvals process, approved standard materials and elements and functional and spatial design criteria for the public realm
StRAtEGIC GUIDANCE
Docklands Public realm Plan (2012) City of Melbourne/Places Victoria
Long-term strategies, principles and guidelines for the design and programming of the public realm
1. DeVeLoP BrieF
Develop brief for open space or street
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Pre-planning review
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Approvals and construction drawings
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Moonee Ponds Creek
Western Park
New Quay West Park
New Quay Central Park
New Quay Promenade
Digital Harbour Park
Harbour esplanade
Docklands Park
Victoria Harbour Promenade
Dock Square and Bourke Dock
existing public space
Proposed public space
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Waterway
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Wharf Park
Sir John Coode Park
Collins Landing
Queens Warehouse
Seafarer’s Rest
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Point Park
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tHe VaLue oF tHe PuBLiC reaLM
IDENTITY• Perception of place • Civic pride and connection• Appreciation of beauty
HEALTH & WELLBEING• Facilities and space
for physical fitness
• Spaces to relax and unwind• Connection with nature• Fresh air and sunlight
COMMUNITY• Informal and formal social
connections• Facilities and space for dogs• Play opportunities for childhood
development and enjoyment
ENVIRONMENT• Urban temperature reduction• Potable water reduction• Increase biodiversity
ECONOMIC• Long- term prosperity• Investor confidence • Land value uplift• Retail spend increase
SAFETY• Natural surveillance • Crime and fear of crime reduction• Safe and universally accessible
environment
AMENITY• Ease
Wayfinding
of movement• Comfort and convenience
for pedestrians and cyclists•
The most liveable cities in the world are testimony to the value of great public streets and spaces. each day our citizens and visitors benefit from Melbourne’s high quality urban spaces in many ways. Docklands benefits from both land and water-based public spaces and routes. A few benefits that excellent design and programming in the public realm2 can provide are listed in Figure 2.05 below.
Fig 2.05 Excellent design and programming in the public realm brings many benefits.
2 See: The Value of Public Space; Commission for Architecture and the Built environment, 2003 and Social Cities; Grattan Institute, 2012.
Carlton Gardens, Melbourne
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strategiC DireCtions Vision
three memorable waterfronts for Melbourne
Docklands addresses three distinctive waterways: Victoria Harbour, yarra River and Moonee Ponds Creek. The renewal of the Docklands area redefines Melbourne as a city on the water. The 7 km of waterfront provides opportunities to engage with a variety of river, harbour and creek experiences. An intimate, ‘hinterland’ route provides an alternative experience to the waterfront in response to seasonal weather conditions.
The design of three waterfronts will evolve over the next decade to become a memorable Melbourne experience.
In 2022, Melbourne will continue to be one of the world’s most liveable cities with an excellent public environment. The public realm of Melbourne will continue to offer a choice of positive experiences for many city users.
Docklands will have a well-connected and convenient network of welcoming streets and
public spaces that celebrate the city’s maritime heritage and distinctive streetscapes. Parks, squares, waterfronts, streets and lanes will appeal to a wide range of citizens and tourists throughout the day and evening and throughout the seasons. The local community will be actively engaged in the design and use of public spaces in Docklands.
note: This image is for illustrative purposes only and is subject to change. The image indicates the intended aims of the vision and strategic directions identified in this plan.
Fig 2.06 Impression of Docklands public realm in 2022.
Fig 2.07 Three memorable waterfronts.
Fig 2.08 A variety of accessible public spaces.
Fig 2.09 Well-connected Melbourne streets.
a network of diverse public spaces for many people
Docklands will have a well-linked and convenient family of parks, squares and waterfronts that will include both active and passive uses and activities. All public spaces and streets will provide a choice of journeys, experiences and activities for many people at various times of the day and night and throughout the seasons.
seamless connection with Melbourne: promenades, streets, lanes
Streetscape design contributes to Melbourne’s distinctive identity. Melbourne’s network of welcoming streets, lanes and promenades will connect seamlessly with Docklands. The success of the central city streetscapes will be continued in Docklands by including elegant furniture, consistent materials, majestic street trees, vibrant street frontages, comfortable footpaths, outdoor dining areas and small business stands.
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Design PrinCiPLes
04 | interfaces
ensure all ground level interfaces enhance the character and experience of public waterways, streets and spaces.
The following design principles apply to public spaces, streets and routes. The following sections focus on the application of these principles to these principles to public spaces as well as public streets, routes and promenades.
02 | identity of place
ensure public spaces respond to embedded qualities in Docklands and ensure streetscapes are in keeping with the essence of Melbourne.
06 | Community
ensure public spaces and streets embrace public life. enable community participation in public space design.
03 | sustainability
Design public spaces and streets that minimise pressure on non-renewable resources and maximise environmental values.
07 | Connectivity
ensure the public realm network within Docklands is well connected and provides seamless links to surrounding areas.
05 | amenity
Design public spaces and streets with high standards of comfort and convenience.
Victoria Harbour, Docklands. Quay Park, Docklands. Wooden Boat Building Centre launch, Docklands.
Hardware Lane, Melbourne. Webb Bridge, Docklands.Docklands Community Garden launch. Victoria Harbour promenade.
01 | Diversity of use
Provide a range of public spaces and streets to support the needs of current and future populations at various times of the day and night and throughout the year.
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unDerstanDing DoCKLanDs
The recommendations outlined in this Docklands Public Realm Plan have been informed by an understanding of many relevant spatial, socio-economic and environmental factors. The design of excellent public spaces and streets requires consideration of these facts. Appendix 2 of this document includes a summary of the following relevant background material including mapped information.
Heritage
People
Residential populations
employment populations
Visitors
Land use
City growth areas
Melbourne open space context
Waterways: harbour, river, creek
Completed development
Ground level uses – public realm interface
Active and passive recreation
Public space activities – land
Public space activities – water
events
Playspaces
Movement
Arterial road network
Public transport
Cycling
Walking
Pedestrian areas
Shared streets
Parking
Built environment
Building heights
Canopies
Public toilets
Distances
Scale
Views
Landmarks
Wayfinding and signage
environment
Biodiversity
Vegetation
Ground and sub-surface condition
Water sensitive urban design
Wind patterns
Public art
Materials audit
Central City west context, 1892
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